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Where Was Osama bin Laden on September 10, 2001? One Day Before 9/11. His Whereabouts Were Known
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Donald Rumsfeld repeatedly claimed that the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden were unknown: "It is like looking for a needle in a stack of hay". It's an outright lie. Needless to say, "Going after bin Laden" in the wake of 9/11 has served to sustain the legend of the "world's most wanted terrorist".
globalresearch.ca/where-was-osama-bin-laden-on-september-10-2001-one-day-before-911-he-was-in-a-pakistani-military-hospital/5607143

The Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap: A Path to Peace and Rapprochement?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
The Russian-Ukrainian prisoner swap proves that some degree of goodwill exists on both sides towards the other after Zelensky's historic election and recent clinching of a parliamentary majority, thus making it more likely that they'll continue down the path of …
globalresearch.ca/russian-ukrainian-prisoner-swap-path-peace-rapprochement/5688663

Observe 9/11 Anniversary by Calling for an End to the Afghan War
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-10
| On the eve of the 18-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks and the illegal U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the United States and the Taliban completed nine rounds of peace talks with no deal. | Although they had reportedly reached an agreement in principle, Donald Trump insisted on a secret meeting at Camp David with the Taliban and the puppet Afg…
truthout.org/articles/observe-9-11-anniversary-by-calling-for-an-end-to-the-afghan-war/

'Whole spectrum of Afghan society' must get behind peace talks, UN envoy tells Security Council
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-10
The long Afghan conflict can only be resolved by "direct talks" between its own people, the chief of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) told the Security Council on Tuesday, underscoring that they must be inclusive and represent "the whole spectrum of Afghan society".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046042

Monday's Daily Brief: Afghanistan 'direct talks' needed, Nicaragua rights crisis, Bangladesh monsoon and Libya detainees latest, Dorian update
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-10
A recap of Monday's top stories: All Afghans must participate in peace process; Nicaragua's rights crisis can be resolved says Bachelet; Rohingya refugees impacted by monsoon rains; Libya detainees to be evacuated to Rwanda; and multiple donors show solidarity with the Bahamas.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046082

"Hands Off Hong Kong" — The Cry that Seldom Is Heard
John V. Walsh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Through the summer the world has watched as protests shook Hong Kong. As early as April they began as peaceful demonstrations which peaked in early June, with hundreds of thousands, in protest of an extradition bill. That bill would have …
globalresearch.ca/hands-off-hong-kong/5688696

Netanyahu Cries Wolf About a Nonexistent Iranian Nuclear Threat — Again
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Nuclear armed and dangerous Israel is a global menace, an indisputable fact. | It maintains unlawful stockpiles of chemical, biological, and other terror weapons as well. | The world community and establishment media remain silent about its existential threat to regional peace …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-cries-wolf-nonexistent-iranian-nuclear-threat/5688698

Demonstrators for Medicare for All March on Office of Congresswoman Eshoo
Healthcare is a Human Right | indybay.org | 2019-09-10
On September 5, Santa Clara County Single Payer Coalition and National Nurses United led a protest that started with a march through downtown Palo Alto leading to the door of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. The Congresswoman has made it clear she is against eliminating for-profit insurance companies from our healthcare system and replacing them with a non-profit federal system. | Photos: Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/08/18826091.php

War and whiskers: Freshly-resigned John Bolton gets meme-roasting
rt.com | 2019-09-10
US National Security Advisor John Bolton's departure from the Trump administration has been met with a mix of joy from the MAGA crowd and protests from dedicated neocons, but also with an avalanche of memes. | President Donald Trump announced Bolton's dismissal by tweet on Tuesday, saying he had "disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions," presumably meaning his advocacy for military-enforced regime change in Syria, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran. Bolton insisted that he attempted to resign before Trump's announcement. | Reaction flowed in swiftly, with some commenters in the media lamenting the war-haw…
rt.com/usa/468514-john-bolton-mustache-memes/

Carrie Lam Rejects US Sanctions Bill on Hong Kong
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
Hong Kong Chief Carrie Lam condemned Tuesday the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act", which is being proposed in the U.S. Congress by Senator Marco Rubio, and is expected to pass with bipartisan support. The bill would mandate the U.S. to take economic measures against Hong Kong. | RELATED: | Hong Kong Protestors Ask Trump For US Intervention | At a press conference on Tuesday, Hong Kong lead…
telesurenglish.net/news/Carrie-Lam-Rejects-US-Sanctions-Bill-on-Hong-Kong-20190910-0015.html

China Threatens UK With Force Over Disputed Islands
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
The Chinese government issued a stern warning to Great Britain on Tuesday after a British naval ship entered the disputed waters of the South China Sea. | RELATED: | Hong Kong Protestors Ask Trump For US Intervention | The British ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, reportedly entered the South China Sea, prompting China to warn the United Kingdom that their actions could be viewed as 'hostile' to Beijing. | "The South China Sea is a vast ocean… we have no objection to people sailing around ther…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Threatens-UK-With-Force-Over-Disputed-Islands-20190910-0002.html

US Is Behind Hong Kong Protests Says US Policymaker
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
The US continues to deny any involvement in ongoing unrest in China's special administrative region of Hong Kong. | However, even a casual look at US headlines or comments made by US politicians makes it clear the unrest not only suits …
globalresearch.ca/us-behind-hong-kong-protests-says-us-policymaker/5688690

US Media Keep Saying Iran is 'In Violation' of a Nuclear Agreement the US Withdrew From
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-10
Yes, Iran is increasing the number of centrifuges it is using to refine nuclear fuel, and yes, it is refining that fuel to a higher percentage of U-235, the isotope that allows the uranium to begin a chain reaction necessary for both fueling a nuclear reactor and for creating an atomic bomb. But in taking…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/10/us-media-keep-saying-iran-is-in-violation-of-a-nuclear-agreement-the-us-withdrew-from/

KPFA's Philip Maldari On 9/5/19 Morning Show Says Erdogan "at least has fair elections"
Fair Elections In Turkey? | indybay.org | 2019-09-10
KPFA's Philip Maldari on his Sunday morning show told the audience that Erdogan has fair elections.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/09/18826132.php

Damascus Strongly Condemns US-Turkish Joint Military Patrols in Northeastern Syria
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
On Sunday, six military vehicles from Akcakale district in southeast Sanliurfa in Turkey, crossed the border into Syria and joined a US military convoy in carrying out joint military ground patrols from Tel Abyad, Al Raqqa governorate to Ras Al …
globalresearch.ca/damascus-condemns-us-turkish-joint-military-patrols-northeastern-syria/5688708

Video: Turkey Expands Its Military Presence in Northern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Turkey is increasing its military presence in northern Syria. | On September 8, Turkish and US forces carried out a first joint patrol east of the Euphrates in the framework of the 'safe zone' agreement recently reached by Ankara and Washington. …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkey-expands-military-presence-northern-syria/5688629

Netanyahu Announces Plans to Annex Over a Third of the West Bank
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday on Israeli TV that if he is to win the upcoming elections, then his government will formally annex the West Bank's Jordan Valley, along with the areas where there are currently illegal Israeli settlements. The annexation would mean that what remains around Jericho would be a small island within Israel. | RELATED: | Israeli Soldiers Kill 14, 17-Year-Old at Gaza Border, Wound 76 | "We haven't had such an opportunity sinc…
telesurenglish.net/news/Netanyahu-Announces-Plans-to-Annex-Over-a-Third-of-the-West-Bank-20190910-0018.html

Trump Dismisses John Bolton, Says They 'Disagreed Strongly'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-10
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had significant disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges. | The two men offered opposing accounts on Bolton's less than friendly departure, a leave-taking example of what had been a fractious relationship almost from the start. | Trump tweeted that he told Bolton Monday night his services were no longer needed at the White House and Bolton submitted his resignation Tuesday morning. Bolton…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-fires-john-bolton-says-they-disagreed-strongly/

An Uber Driver's Death Shows the Harms of Misclassifying Workers
Yasin Khan | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-10
In 2015, Waheed Etimad immigrated with his wife and their seven children to the United States from Afghanistan on the special immigrant visa he received after translating for the U.S. Army. Etimad began taking courses at Diablo Valley College, studying to become a computer engineer while driving full time for Uber at night. People who…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/10/an-uber-drivers-death-shows-the-harms-of-misclassifying-workers/

Trump-Taliban Talks Like Those with North Korea — A Photo Op on the Deck of the Titanic
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
The Afghanistan government has been miffed and apprehensive for some time that the Trump administration has been talking to the Taliban in Qatar without any representation from Kabul. Government officials were therefore happy about Trump's abrupt cancellation of what he …
globalresearch.ca/trump-taliban-talks/5688680

As in Vietnam, the US Will Leave Afghanistan a Disaster for Its Citizens
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-10
| When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain attending a course at Fort Knox, Kentucky. In those days, the student body at any of our Army's myriad schools typically included officers from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). | Since ARVN's founding two decades earlier, the United States had assigned itself the task of professionalizing that fledgling military establishment. Based on a conviction that the standards,…
truthout.org/articles/as-in-vietnam-the-us-will-leave-afghanistan-a-disaster-for-its-citizens/

GE's climate hypocrisy: Building coal plants while touting clean energy
Natural Resources Defense Council | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-10
General Electric, which boasts of being a clean energy leader, is quietly doubling down on the dirty energy of the past with plans to equip more than a dozen new coal-fired power plants in countries like Cambodia, Kenya, Poland, Pakistan and Vietnam, a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council shows. | These coal power plants would sharply increase carbon pollution, harming public health and leading to hundreds of premature deaths annually from the projects–if completed. The plants also could destabilize economies and would add billions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmo…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/10/ges-climate-hypocrisy-building-coal-plants-while-touting-clean-energy/

Denmark Announces Increased Military Contributions and NATO Support in Syria and Beyond
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Denmark is recognized as one of the most socially and economically developed countries in the world, which enjoys a high standard of living as well as high metrics in national performance, protection of civil liberties, and the lowest perceived level …
globalresearch.ca/denmark-announces-military-contributions-nato-syria/5688623

Jon Ossoff Is Back: "I'm Still Standing and I'm Ready to Fight"
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-09-10
Ossoff, a Democrat who narrowly lost a Georgia congressional special election in 2017 — the most expensive House race of all time — starts the race as a frontrunner.
theintercept.com/2019/09/10/jon-ossoff-georgia-senate/

As contract deadline looms in US, 8,000 GM autoworkers strike in South Korea
wsws.org | 2019-09-10
The issues over which the Korean workers are striking are ones that their American co-workers will readily identify with.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/10/kora-s10.html

Mohandas K. Gandhi vs. Contemporary Leaders
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
On 2 October 2019, it will be the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mohandas K. Gandhi in Gujarat, India. I would like to reflect on the visionary leadership that Gandhi offered the world, briefly comparing it with some …
globalresearch.ca/comparative-political-leadership-gandhi-contemporary-leaders/5688650

Why India Just Stripped 1.9 Million People of Citizenship
Makana Eyre, Nation contributor | thenation.com | 2019-09-10
Why India Just Stripped 1.9 Million People of Citizenship…
thenation.com/article/assam-national-register-citizens/

Are We Headed Toward a Techno-Eugenic Future?
Mohsen Abdelmoumen — Stuart Newman | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-10
Dr. Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D., is professor of cell biology and anatomy. He has been a visiting professor at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, the Centre à l'Energie Atomique-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, the University of Tokyo, and was a Fogarty Senior International Fellow at Monash University, Australia. He was a founding member of…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/10/are-we-headed-toward-a-techno-eugenic-future/

Hezbollah shoots down Israeli drone
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-10
Washington DC — The progressive Lebanese political party Hezbollah announced early September 9 that its military forces had shot down an Israeli Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) over Lebanon. | In a statement, Hezbollah's media relations office said their forces "repelled with appropriate weapons an Israeli drone as it crossed the Palestinian-Lebanese border towards the southern town of Ramieh." | "The drone was downed in the outskirts of the town and now it is in the hands of the Resistance fighters," the statement added. | Israel frequently violates Lebanon's airspace and launched an August 25 drone attack o…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/10/hezbollah-shoots-down-israeli-drone

Netanyahu Risks Triggering an Unwinnable War to Avoid Losing Election
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
Every Israeli prime minister — not least Benjamin Netanyahu — understands that a military entanglement with Hezbollah, Lebanon's armed Shia movement on Israel's northern border, is a dangerous wager, especially during an election campaign. | It was Shimon Peres who lost …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-risks-unwinnable-war-avoid-losing-election/5688669

With Strikes Against Iran, Netanyahu Risks Jeopardising his Closest Alliance
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-10
Every Israeli prime minister — not least Benjamin Netanyahu — understands that a military entanglement with Hezbollah, Lebanon's armed Shia movement on Israel's northern border, is a dangerous wager, especially during an election campaign. It was Shimon Peres who lost to Mr Netanyahu in 1996, weeks after the former prime minister had incensed Israel's Palestinian …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/with-strikes-against-iran-netanyahu-risks-jeopardising-his-closest-alliance/

Hezbollah Will Not Let Israeli Attacks Go Unanswered: Nasrallah
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
Hezbollah's long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah addressed a large crowd in southern Beirut on Tuesday to commemorate the "martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali" in Karbala, which is adhered to on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. | RELATED: | Following Hezbollah Attack, Israel 'Cannot Hide Anymore' | During the Hezbollah leader's address, he highlighted the recent Israeli drone attacks on one of his group's media centers in the southern suburbs of Beirut. | "The…
telesurenglish.net/news/Hezbollah-Will-Not-Let-Israeli-Attacks-Go-Unanswered-Nasrallah-20190910-0005.html

Netanyahu's Campaign Pledge to Annex West Bank Confirms: "Israel Is Greatest Threat to Region"
commondreams.org | 2019-09-10
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/10/netanyahus-campaign-pledge-annex-west-bank-confirms-israel-greatest-threat?cd-origin=rss

Speak Out At JPN Consulate: Stop Nuke Plant Restarts In Japan
No Nukes Action | indybay.org | 2019-09-10
San Francisco Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery St/California | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/08/18826106.php

Japan May Have to Dump Radioactive Water into Sea
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean as it runs out of room to store it, the environment minister said on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Hiroshima Mayor Urges Japan to Sign Nuclear Treaty, PM Refuses | Tokyo Electric, or Tepco, has collected more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the cooling pipes used to keep fuel cores from melting since the plant was crippled by an earthq…
telesurenglish.net/news/Japan-May-Have-to-Dump-Radioactive-Water-into-Sea-20190910-0004.html

A socialist perspective for the Sri Lankan university employees' struggle
wsws.org | 2019-09-10
Non-academic university staff, who are beginning an indefinite strike today, should expand their struggle by appealing to other sections of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/10/seps-s10.html

Donald Trump Fires National Security Advisor John Bolton
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has fired his National Security Advisor John Bolton, saying that he has "disagreed with many of his suggestions." | RELATED: | Who Is John Bolton, Trump's Man Behind Plot Against Venezuela | Bolton has been a leading voice for regime change and U.S. interventionist policies in Venezuela, Iran, Cuba and ot…
telesurenglish.net/news/Donald-Trump-Fires-National-Security-Advisor-John-Bolton-20190910-0012.html

China: Thirty years since the Tiananmen Square massacre
wsws.org | 2019-09-10
This lecture was delivered by Peter Symonds at the Socialist Equality Party (US) Summer School on July 25, 2019. Symonds is a member of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site and national WSWS editor of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia).
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/10/leps-s10.html

How the U.S. Created the Cold War
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
There was a speech that the smug Harvard neoconservative Graham Allison presented at the US aristocracy's TED Talks on 20 November 2018, and which is titled on youtube as "Is war between China and the US inevitable?" It currently has …
globalresearch.ca/us-created-cold-war/5688653

Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Resigns
teleSUR-LA | telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
Jack Ma, co-founder and CEO of China's largest online retailer Alibaba, is scheduled to step down from his position as the company's executive chairman on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Amazon Employees to Strike over Company's Climate Policies | Last year, Jack Ma announced in an open letter that he would retire on his 55th birthday, which falls on September 10 this year, and the company CEO Daniel Zhang will take over as the chairman of the board. | Ma's journey from English teacher to…
telesurenglish.net/news/Alibaba-Founder-Jack-Ma-Resigns–20190910-0009.html

From Punitive Tariffs and Trade Conflicts to Economic War
Joachim Bischoff and Erhard Crome | indybay.org | 2019-09-10
Donald Trump's punitive attacks on several trading partners, above all China, are changing suddenly into a destruction of the multilateral structures of the world market. With the rigorous policy of "America first," the US president wants to restore or develop the past hegemony. The wrercking ball is not the only foreign policy model. Compromise is a necessity, not a weakness.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/09/18826110.php

Trump-Taliban talks like those with N. Korea — a photo op on the deck of the Titanic
Juan Cole | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-10
Trump-Taliban is just for show, like Trump-North Korea. It is like a photo op on the deck of the Titanic as it headed to sea.
nationofchange.org/2019/09/10/trump-taliban-talks-like-those-with-n-korea-a-photo-op-on-the-deck-of-the-titanic/

From a Lebanese Refugee Camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi Inspires Other Palestinian Students
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-10
Today marks a week since Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who was denied entry into the United States, began classes with his fellow Harvard freshmen. Ajjawi was initially turned away at Boston's Logan Airport after immigration officials searched his phone and computer, and interrogated him about his religion and social media posts by friends that were critical of U.S. policy. He was then forced to return home to Lebanon, but his case provoked outrage on the Harvard campus and among some Palestinian rights and academic freedom groups. Ajjawi, who is attending Harvard on a full scholarship, was edu…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/10/palestinian_student_ismail_ajjawi_harvard

Plan to Release Radioactive Fukushima Wastewater Into Pacific Ocean Panned by Critics
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-10
The far-reaching dangers of nuclear power were on full display Tuesday as Japan's environmental minister recommended releasing more than one million tons of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant into the Pacific Ocean, nearly a decade after a tsunami caused a meltdown at the coastal facility. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenpeace_2.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/10/plan-release-radioactive-fukushima-wastewater-pacific-ocean-panned-critics?cd-origin=rss

'Democracy for Some, But Not for All': Report Reveals Nearly 1,700 Polling Places Closed Since Supreme Court Weakened Voting Rights Act
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-10
Civil rights advocates said Tuesday that The U.S. Supreme Court must restore the key provision of the Voting Rights Act which it invalidated in 2013, after a sweeping new report showed how the court's decision led to the closure of nearly 1,700 polling places across the American South. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/georgia_0_0_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/10/democracy-some-not-all-report-reveals-nearly-1700-polling-places-closed-supreme?cd-origin=rss

Ahead of Israeli Election, Netanyahu Vows to Annex Large Swathes of West Bank 'In Maximum Coordination With Trump'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-10
"A reminder that Israel is a state where apartheid policies are used to appeal to voters." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/benjamin_netanyahu.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/10/ahead-israeli-election-netanyahu-vows-annex-large-swathes-west-bank-maximum?cd-origin=rss

Hong Kong protesters: Turn to the Chinese working class, not US imperialism
wsws.org | 2019-09-09
Any turn to the United States plays directly into the hands of Beijing, which seeks to malign the Hong Kong protests as the work of radical agitators and the "black hand" of Washington.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/09/pers-s09.html

The NED Strikes Again: How Neocon Money is Funding the Hong Kong Protests
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-09
The West has more to do with the Hong Kong protest movement than it would like us to know. It's the ugly face of Washington's long-standing foreign policy directed at destabilizing one of its long-standing economic foes: China.
mintpressnews.com/hong-kong-protest-united-states-destabilize-china/261712/

The Coming Drone War Over Lebanon
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-09
After two civil wars, multiple invasions and political assassinations galore, you might think Lebanon deserves a break from the greatest crisis since its last greatest crisis. But no — here we were this week with the Israelis claiming the Hezbollah were running a missile factory in the Bekaa Valley and the prime minister — the…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/09/the-coming-drone-war-over-lebanon/

Safe zone in Syria, Trump and the Taliban, Maduro vs. Guaido
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-09
Safe zone in Syria On Sunday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States of attempting to use the creation of a security zone in northeastern Syria, not for Ankara's sake, but in order to protect the Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDS) operating in the area. Turkey sees the SDS and the Kurdish units of …
uwidata.com/5269-safe-zone-in-syria-trump-and-the-taliban-maduro-vs-guaido/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-09-10 22:26 GMT (16:26 EST)

2019-09-09: News Headlines

RT (2019-09-09). Dramatic rescue operation underway to save 4 trapped inside capsized cargo vessel (PHOTO, VIDEO). rt.com The US Coast Guard has confirmed that four missing crew of the Golden Ray are alive and has launched a rescue operation to retrieve the men, trapped inside the cargo ship that caught fire and capsized off the coast of Georgia.

Robert Fisk (2019-09-09). The Coming Drone War Over Lebanon. counterpunch.org After two civil wars, multiple invasions and political assassinations galore, you might think Lebanon deserves a break from the greatest crisis since its last greatest crisis. But no — here we were this week with the Israelis claiming the Hezbollah were running a missile factory in the Bekaa Valley and the prime minister — the More

RT (2019-09-09). Trump says he 'could' meet with Iran President Rouhani. rt.com US President Donald Trump said he has "no problem with the idea" of meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. There are rumors the meeting could happen later this month at the UN General Assembly. | Trump left open the possibility of the meeting during one of his helicopter press-conferences at the White House on Monday, prior to departing for North Carolina. | Iran should straighten it out, because they're in a very bad position right now. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that Trump was willing to meet with Rouhani "with no pre-condition," because "we don't want war with Iran." | Se…

RT (2019-09-09). Court commando: Chinese 'spy' trial gets off to bizarre start over underwear shortage. rt.com The trial of a Chinese businesswoman accused of trespassing at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort and deceiving Secret Service agents kicked off with an exceptionally odd hold-up: the defendant showed up without underwear. | Yujing Zhang, who was arrested in March after slipping past security at the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and now faces federal charges, began a jury selection hearing on Monday by informing the judge that she had not been provided with underwear by her jailers. | "You have no undergarments in your cell?" asked US District Judge Roy Altman. | "No," Zhang replied. | Altman explained that Z…

WSWS (2019-09-09). Trump breaks off talks on end to US war in Afghanistan. wsws.org The US president announced that he had called off plans for a secret Camp David meeting with the Taliban and the Afghan president to conclude a peace deal.

Staff (2019-09-09). Trump Calls Off Peace Talks With Taliban. truthout.org | | This weekend, President Trump publicly called off a secret meeting at Camp David with the Taliban and the president of Afghanistan that aimed to end the 18-year war, the longest in U.S. history. The United States and Taliban had appeared close to signing an agreement after holding nine rounds of talks in Doha, but the negotiations took a surprise turn when President Trump suggested a Camp David meeting that included Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who had not been involved in the previous talks. For more, we go to Kabul to s…

WSWS (2019-09-09). Hong Kong protesters: Turn to the Chinese working class, not US imperialism. wsws.org Any turn to the United States plays directly into the hands of Beijing, which seeks to malign the Hong Kong protests as the work of radical agitators and the "black hand" of Washington.

Healthcare is a Human Right (2019-09-09). Demonstrators for Medicare for All March on Office of Congresswoman Eshoo. indybay.org On September 5, Santa Clara County Single Payer Coalition and National Nurses United led a protest that started with a march through downtown Palo Alto leading to the door of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. The Congresswoman has made it clear she is against eliminating for-profit insurance companies from our healthcare system and replacing them with a non-profit federal system. | Photos: Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.

teleSUR (2019-09-09). Pakistan Arrests 22 Protesters at Pro-Freedom Kashmir Rally. telesurenglish.net Pakistani police arrested 22 pro-independence protesters in Pakistan administered Kashmir. The protesters were demonstrating near the village of Tatrinote, close to the Line of Control about 80km south of the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Muzaffarabad. | RELATED: | 'United Struggle Against United Oppressors': Pro-Palestine BDS Stands in Solidarity With Kashmir | The Line of Control (LoC) is the de facto border dividing India's Kashmir…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-09-09). Spikes of Violence: Protest in West Papua. asia-pacificresearch.com …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-09). Netanyahu Fighting for His Political Life. globalresearch.ca On April 9, Israeli Knesset elections were held, 61 coalition seats needed for majority rule. | New elections were called after Netanyahu failed to cobble together enough support for reelection as prime minister. He remains interim PM. | On September 17, Israelis …

Philip Giraldi (2019-09-09). Revisiting Stuxnet: The Israeli-American Computer Virus that Started Cyber-Warfare. globalresearch.ca New evidence has surfaced to demonstrate how both American and Israeli intelligence services, aided by European partners, have long been targeting Iran in spite of clear evidence that it constituted no threat. The story involves the Stuxnet virus or "worm," …

Marwa Osman (2019-09-09). Trump Hits Lebanon Bank with His Favorite Econo-Political Battering Ram. globalresearch.ca The fact that the U.S. sanctions countries whenever its president pleases could in itself be considered a hostile act. Even in wartime, these sorts of collective punishments are illegal under the Geneva Conventions. | *** | Economic sanctions are not only a …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-09-09). A Secret US-Iran Deal over Oil Supplies to Syria. globalresearch.ca A secret deal has been set up between the US and Iran, through a third party, to enable the Iranian super tanker Adrian Darya 1 (formerly Grace 1) to deliver its 2.1 million barrels of oil to the Syrian government. …

teleSUR (2019-09-09). Typhoon Hits Japanese Capital, At Least 1 Dead, Dozens Injured. telesurenglish.net One of the strongest typhoons to hit eastern Japan in recent years struck just east of the capital Tokyo on Monday, killing one woman, with record-breaking winds and stinging rain damaging buildings and disrupting transport. | RELATED: | Thousands in Bahamas Flee Dorian's Devastation | Some minor landslides occurred and a bridge was washed away, while as many as 930,000 houses lost power at one point, NHK said, including the entire city of Kamogawa. But the number of homes without power had dro…

Andre Vltchek (2019-09-09). Both Israel and Hezbollah Imagined a Horrid Black Hole and Stopped. dissidentvoice.org There are rare moments in history, when even the most determined enemies can suddenly recognize the futility of battle. Sometimes, just for a moment or two. Sometimes, for longer. Such moments of sanity may save thousands, even millions human lives. And, such moments are not expressions of weakness or cowardice; on the contrary; they are …

Andre Vltchek (2019-09-09). Both Israel and Hezbollah Imagined a Horrid Black Hole and Stopped… globalresearch.ca There are rare moments in history, when even the most determined enemies can suddenly recognize the futility of battle. Sometimes, just for a moment or two. Sometimes, for longer. Such moments of sanity may save thousands, even millions of human …

No Nukes Action (2019-09-09). Speak Out At JPN Consulate: Stop Nuke Plant Restarts In Japan. indybay.org San Francisco Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery St/California | San Francisco…

Earth Gathering (2019-09-09). Japanese documentary film screening. indybay.org Eastside Arts Alliance | 2277 International Blvd, Oakland, California…

Elizabeth Keyes (2019-09-09). Somewhere Beyond Corporate Media Yemenis Die. counterpunch.org Somewhere Beyond Corporate Media Yemenis Die (Parody of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg) Somewhere beyond corporate media Yemenis die, Folk rarely heard of, yet our weapons they're killed by. Somewhere beyond corporate media Al Qaeda of AP expands, Saudi/US war crime crony, sanctity of human life be damned. Yemenis wish More

Nick Turse (2019-09-09). The Corporeal Wreckage of War. thenation.com The Corporeal Wreckage of War…

Joachim Bischoff and Erhard Crome (2019-09-09). From Punitive Tariffs and Trade Conflicts to Economic War. indybay.org Donald Trump's punitive attacks on several trading partners, above all China, are changing suddenly into a destruction of the multilateral structures of the world market. With the rigorous policy of "America first," the US president wants to restore or develop the past hegemony. The wrercking ball is not the only foreign policy model. Compromise is a necessity, not a weakness.

Eric Margolis (2019-09-09). Trade Wars Are a Fool's Game. globalresearch.ca According to the great military thinker, Maj. Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, 'the object of war is not victory. It is to achieve political goals.' | Too bad President Donald Trump does not read books. He has started economic wars against China, …

WSWS (2019-09-09). Seventy years after the Chinese Revolution: How the struggle for socialism was betrayed. wsws.org While the revolution vastly transformed international relations and class relations within China, the Communist Party, based on the Stalinist program of "Socialism in One Country," deformed the newly-created state from the outset.

Staff (2019-09-09). "These Negotiations Have Not Been About the Afghan People": Trump Calls Off Peace Talks with Taliban. democracynow.org This weekend, President Trump publicly called off a secret meeting at Camp David with the Taliban and the president of Afghanistan that aimed to end the 18-year war, the longest in U.S. history. The United States and Taliban had appeared close to signing an agreement after holding nine rounds of talks in Doha, but the negotiations took a surprise turn when President Trump suggested a Camp David meeting that included Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who had not been involved in the previous talks. For more, we go to Kabul to speak with Ali Latifi, a freelance journalist; Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Cre…

Staff (2019-09-09). Headlines for September 9, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Calls Off Secret Afghanistan Meeting, Putting Fate of Possible Peace Deal in Question, Bahama Grapples with Hurricane Dorian's Devastation as U.S. Turns Away Asylum Seekers, FBI Investigates Shooting of Undocumented Man by ICE Agent in Tennessee, Trump Admin Failing to Provide Legal Aid for Migrant Children, 8.5-Month-Pregnant Asylum Seeker Kicked Out of U.S. Under "Remain in Mexico" Policy, U.S. Air Force & House Dems Investigate Spending at Trump's Scottish Turnberry Resort, Heating of Pacific Ocean Threatens Marine Life, Endangered Species, Israeli Military Fatally Shoots Two Palestinian Teens in Gaza, S…

Juan Cole (2019-09-08). Netanyahu's Miscalculations About Iran Will Cost Him Dearly. truthdig.com This piece originally appeared on Informed Comment. | The Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is one of the world players who pushed Trump to breach the 2015 treaty with Iran. Trump then slapped the severest economic sanctions on Iran ever imposed on any country in the absence of war. Trump went around the world menacing other countries into ceasing to buy Iranian petroleum and threatening billions in fines against any company anywhere in the world that invested in or traded with Iran. | Related Articles: …

RT (2019-09-08). Four missing, 20 rescued after cargo ship capsizes off Georgia coast. rt.com The US Coast Guard is searching for four crew members of a large cargo vessel that capsized while a fire on board still raged. Twenty people have so far been rescued, and four remain missing. | The 656-foot vehicle carrier, the M/V Golden Ray, is listing heavily in the St. Simons Sound. Images from the scene show smoke rising from its side. | #Coast Guard photos show the 200-meter-long vessel with an extreme list and an internal fire amidships. 20 rescued, 4 missing. Was en route to Baltimore t.co/SsfcVHD7S0 pic.twitter.com/pLZ…

RT (2019-09-08). Four missing, 20 rescued after cargo ship capsizes off Georgia coast. rt.com The US Coast Guard is searching for four crew members of a large cargo vessel that capsized while a fire on board still raged. Twenty people have so far been rescued, and four remain missing. | The 656-foot vehicle carrier, the M/V Golden Ray, is listing heavily in the St. Simons Sound. Images from the scene show smoke rising from its side. | 71,000-ton GRT vehicle carrier GOLDEN RAY is in distress in St Simon Sound off Brunswick, Georgia. US #Coast Guard photos show the 200-meter-long vessel with an extreme list and an internal fire…

RT (2019-09-08). Afghan peace talks dead 'for the time being' & US won't enter any agreement — Pompeo. rt.com US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that peace negotiations with Afghanistan's Taliban are dead and that Washington will not enter any future agreement without "commitments" from the militants. | Appearing on a round of cable news shows Sunday morning, Pompeo told one of these, Fox News, that negotiations with the Taliban are dead "for the time being," adding that Washington is recalling its special envoy to Afghanistan to work out its next steps. Also appearing on CNN, Pompeo said that the US would not enter into any future agreement with the Taliban without "significant commitments" from the fighters,…

Reese Erlich (2019-09-08). Foreign Correspondent: Will Trump Bring Peace to Afghanistan? commondreams.org U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on April 6, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_afghan.jpg …

teleSUR (2019-09-08). Hong Kong Protestors Ask Trump For US Intervention. telesurenglish.net Hong Kong's anti-government protestors proudly showed their true colors on Sunday, as they marched with the blue, red and white flag of the United States asking for U.S. President Donald Trump to "liberate" the city. | RELATED: | Hong Kong Strongly Condemns Vandalistic Acts of Protesters | "The U.S. will not 'free' Hong Kong, but will only destabilize China, including Hong Kong, to hit hard their perceived competitor," Vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and…

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-08). Will China Invest in Iran's Transport and Industrial Infrastructure? There are Reasons to be Skeptical. globalresearch.ca Petroleum Economist recently published a report citing an unnamed senior Iranian source who alleged that China will invest $120 billion in the Islamic Republic's transport and manufacturing infrastructure and even deploy 5,000 security personnel to the country to protect those …

teleSUR (2019-09-08). Iranian Adrian Darya Tanker Sells Oil in Defiance of US Threats. telesurenglish.net Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, said Sunday that the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1 has finally docked at a Mediterranean port and discharged its oil cargo, despite all the attempts of interference from the United States. | RELATED: | Iran Seizes Tugboat Carrying Suspected Smuggled Oil | "The Adrian Darya 1 oil tanker, despite acts of sabotage, finally docked on the Mediterranean coast and unloaded its cargo and its owner will make a decision for its future," the spokesm…

Earth Gathering (2019-09-08). Japanese documentary film screening. indybay.org Eastside Arts Alliance | 2277 International Blvd, Oakland, California…

South Front (2019-09-08). Video: US Seeks to Destabilize Southern Syria. globalresearch.ca The US is seeking to reanimate insurgency in southern Syria. According to the pro-militant Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a number of Free Syrian Army commanders that fled Syria in 2018 are now working to form a new militant group, …

Staff (2019-09-08). Should We Feed Hungry Children, or the War Machine? truthout.org | | On August 21, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande, put out a heartbreaking call for nations to make good on their pledges to send humanitarian aid to feed destitute families in war-torn Yemen. Unless the funds promised are received soon, she warned, food rations for 12 million people would be reduced and at least 2.5 million malnourished children would be cut-off from the services tha…

Staff (2019-09-08). The Apartheid System in Hebron Persecutes and Subjugates Palestinians. truthout.org | | There are two roads leading to the Abraham Mosque in Hebron, Palestine. The roads are side by side, separated only by a fence and barbed wire. One of the roads is for the Jewish settlers of Hebron, and the other is for the Palestinians. | The settler's side is a nice, clean, asphalt-paved road, easily accessible for everyone, including the elderly and those with disabilities. The Palestinians' side is a narrow, uneven dirt path, littered with trash and rubble, and unfit for walking. These dua…

teleSUR (2019-09-08). Palestinians Forcibly Disappeared in Saudi Arabia: NGO Warns. telesurenglish.net The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean for Human Rights Monitor called on the Saudi authorities Saturday to disclose the fate and whereabouts of dozens of Palestinians who have disappeared inside the kingdom. | RELATED: | Saudi Arabia Uses Human Trafficking to Hire Soldiers: Report | The group named 60 people but said it could not give the exact number of the detainees. Within…

Barbara Boland (2019-09-08). Could Brexit Leave the UK Vulnerable to Pressure from U.S. Hawks? Titanic Shift in Global Alliances. globalresearch.ca By unyoking London from Europe, a no deal Brexit would unleash a titanic shift in global alliances that could strengthen Washington's hand and help it achieve its "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran. | That's an ironic turn of events for populists …

Staff (2019-09-07). Iran Raises Nuclear Stakes, Threatens Higher Enrichment. truthdig.com TEHRAN, Iran—Iran on Saturday said it now uses arrays of advanced centrifuges prohibited by its 2015 nuclear deal and can enrich uranium "much more beyond" current levels to weapons-grade material, taking a third step away from the accord while warning Europe has little time to offer it new terms. | While insisting Iran doesn't seek a nuclear weapon, the comments by Behrouz Kamalvandi of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran threatened pushing uranium enrichment far beyond levels ever reached in the country. Prior to the atomic deal, Iran only reached up to 20%, which itself still is only a short technical…

RT (2019-09-07). Not great, not terrible: US tests refurbished missiles after admission nuclear refit lagging behind. rt.com The US Navy test-fired a volley of decades-old Trident II nuclear missiles, proving they can still fly days after a top official said the upgrade of bombs and warheads was lagging, and Russia offered to sell US some of its tech.

RT (2019-09-07). Trump lauds prisoner exchange between Russia & Ukraine as 'giant step to peace'. rt.com US President Donald Trump has praised the prisoner swap between Moscow and Ukraine, congratulating the two countries for making such a move and naming it a "giant step to peace." | Earlier in the day, Russia surrendered 35 individuals to Ukraine that had been held in its prisons and detainment centers, receiving an equal amount of people in return. | Weighing in, Trump wrote that it was indeed a step forward. | Very good news, perhaps a first giant step to peace. Congratulations to both countries!

Staff (2019-09-07). Russia and Ukraine Trade Prisoners, Each Flies 35 to Freedom. truthdig.com Among those released by Ukraine was separatist Volodymyr Tsemakh, linked to the 2014 shoot-down of a Malaysian airliner that killed 298.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-07). Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir: Insufficient Evidence to Blame Russia for MH17 Crash over Eastern Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad casts doubt on the controversial Dutch JIT investigation pertaining to the July 2014 crash of Malaysian Airlines MH17 over Eastern Ukraine. | In an interview with Sputnik News at the Vladivostok East Asia Economic Summit, Mahathir …

teleSUR (2019-09-07). Trump Scraps Afghan Peace Talks With Taliban Over Attack. telesurenglish.net United States President Donald Trump informed Saturday he canceled peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban leaders after the group claimed the attack in Kabul that killed a U.S. soldier and 11 civilians. | RELATED: | 'We're Going to Always Have a Presence in Afghanistan': Trump | "If they cannot agree to a ceasefire during these very important peace talks…then they probably don't have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway," Trump said on Twitter. | The U.S. presiden…

teleSUR (2019-09-07). Hong Kong Strongly Condemns Vandalistic Acts of Protesters. telesurenglish.net Hong Kong's government has strongly condemned the vandalistic acts of radical western-backed protesters, as more actions to affect the city's infrastructure and normalization of activities continue. | RELATED: | Hong Kong Chief Lays Out Plan To End Protests | Saturday's planned airport disruption was thwarted by police who were ready, with authorities searching public transport heading for the airport ahead of what was planned to be a "stress test" of road and rail links to one of the world's b…

John Stanton (2019-09-07). The United States: A Nation on Suicide Watch. globalresearch.ca "The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through FY 2018, the direct costs of the wars will have …

teleSUR (2019-09-07). Iran Seizes Tugboat Carrying Suspected Smuggled Oil. telesurenglish.net The Iranian coast guard detained a foreign tugboat that was carrying smuggled oil through the Persian Gulf waters on Saturday. | RELATED: | 'US Treasury Is A Jail Warden' Iranian Foreign Minister Says | According to Iranian state television, their coast guard seized the tugboat after it was suspected to be carrying smuggled fuel. The Iranian authorities said the ship was seized and all 12 of its Filipino crew members were arrested. | It said the tugboat was carrying nearly 284,000…

Colin Todhunter (2019-09-07). Treadmill of Magic Seeds and Broken Promises: Dismantling the Myth of Bt Cotton Success in India. asia-pacificresearch.com …

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